PINELAND BLUEBERRY 



Vaccinium tenellum Aiton 



Pineland blueberry is a low shrub, rarely over three feet high. It 

 has long, slender, woody underground stems, from which rise at 

 irregular intervals the stiff, bushy branches. The flowers open in 

 early spring, before the finely toothed leaves are fully expanded. The 

 edible berries are a quarter of an inch in diameter, and black, with a 

 whitish bloom over their surface. 



Pineland blueberry ranges from Florida to Virginia and westward 

 to Mississippi. It is a shrub of the Coastal Plain, and grows chiefly 

 in sandy pine woods. 



The sketch was made from specimens collected at Beaufort, South 

 Carolina. 



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